"It's down to plays, it's not 'we played bad, what do we have do,' it's down to simple plays, simple principles," Hook said.

Washington (6-4) had four players in double figures, led by senior guard C.J. Wilcox with 15 points. Shawn Kemp, Jr., son of Seattle SuperSonics big man Shawn Kemp, added seven points and four rebounds off the bench.

Tulane was down, 50-47, with 12-and-a-half minutes left in the game, but often traded baskets down the stretch, as Washington upped their lead to 9 with less than three minutes left, closing the game on a 23-15 run. The Green Wave finished shooting less than 40 percent, including an abysmal 1-for-14 from beyond the arc. They were out-rebounded by the Huskies, 47-37.

The Green Wave started cold, making only five of their first 20 shot attempts, but stayed in the game thanks to 21 free-throw attempts (and 13 makes) on 16 first-half fouls from Washington. The Huskies led by as many as 12 points, but the Green Wave closed the deficit to six points.

"The foul trouble got us a little disoriented, I would say, in the first half," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. "We just got a little sloppy."

And it almost stayed that way, until Wilcox buried a deep three-pointer as time expired to give the Huskies a 41-32 lead at the half.

Stark had 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting in the first half, while Louis Dabney added eight points and four rebounds. The Green Wave closed the half shooting about 32 percent, while the Huskies shot 56 percent, including a scorching 50 percent on 6-of-12 shooting from behind the three-point line.

It was the Green Wave's first-ever matchup against Washington. They host Alabama State (4-3) Saturday afternoon in the Westin Holiday Classic at Devlin Fieldhouse.